8th Colloquium Chemometricum Mediterraneum CCMVIII

The 8th edition of Colloquium Chemometricum Mediterraneum (CCMVIII), with the motto: “..dubito ergo indago..“, was held from June 30th to July 3rd 2013 in Bevagna (Italy) in a pleasant medieval environment. Registered participants were more than one hundred participants, coming from Mediterranean countries, mainly France, Italy and Spain but also Portugal, Algeria and Tunisia, as well as other European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Netherland, Norway, Portugal, Serbia), South American (Cuba, Brazil, Argentina) and China. This is a sign of how alive, attractive and well established is Chemometrics now in Mediterranean area. The scientific program comprised six plenary lectures, 38 oral presentations (organized in seven thematic sessions and mostly given by young researchers) and 65 poster communications. The Conference was opened by Prof. Michele Forina, who is one of the founders of the Colloquium and who was also recipient of the Elsevier Chemometrics Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, with a lecture entitled: "Memories of a resting professor".